“The Legend of Dragoon” by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Conference:
- SIGGRAPH 1999 More animation videos from SIGGRAPH 1999:
Title:
- The Legend of Dragoon
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Description:
A legend of a majestic tree. That’s the origin of all lives. This sequence, art of the PlayStation video game The Legend of Dragoon, shows how it germinated and grew once upon a time on some planet. Someone sealed its magical power and hid it, so nobody knows where it is or what it is today. But it’s a key for the future of all.
Height of the tree: 2,500 meters. Growing speed: the speed of sound or faster. This could be possible only in computers. The vines automatically grow according to simple rules.The large tree was nurtured by giving it artistic parameters instead of water.
Software:
Houdini Rendering, RenderMan, Flame Painting, Photoshop
Additional Contributors:
Director: Kenichi Iwata
Producer: Shuji Hiramatsu
CG Artists: Takahiro Fuji, Hideki Mizoguchi, Yoshiro Watanuki
Digital Editor: Yasuharu Yoshizawa
Digital Painting Artist: Kouji Miyata
Assistant: Momoko Ikeda
Sound Effect Artist: Takashi Kanai
